NEWS
Stay updated on the latest developments in plant science policy and EPSO activities!
On 24 March 2021, the European Commission (EC) published a call for expressions of interest seeking experts for EU programmes in the 2021-2027 programming period. The experts will be called on to support the EC and other European institutions in the implementation of the programmes, e.g. the evaluation of project proposals in the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe or in providing advice on specific issues.
The call remains open for the entire programming period and interested parties can register at any time in the European Commission’s expert database via the Funding & Tenders portal. Depending on the specified areas of expertise and programme requirements, the experts can be requested ad hoc for specific activities and will receive a corresponding expense allowance.
Experts already registered in the database are requested to update the information in their profile. If the option to be available for all programmes and sub-programmes was already selected there, these experts will also automatically be taken into account for this new programming period.
EPSO encourages its members to enroll as expert in the database or if already included, to update their profile.
Further information:
Source: KoWi, 26.03.2021
The first webinar on ‘How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe’ will focus on Submission & Evaluation and Model Grant Agreement on 24 March 2021 from 10 AM onwards.
It will be available on YouTube only. The agenda will include two main points: “Submission and Evaluation” and “Model Grant Agreement”
Check the agenda here
To register: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/registration_20210324
Source: European Commission
For the ERC Starting Grant, the submission system is now open on the ECs funding and tenders portal. This call closes on 8 April 2021, 17.00h. Please note that the date is different from the one indicated in the EPSO briefing on ERC 2021 calls published on 26.02.2021 for Members only. Members have thus more time than initially announced.
The ERC Consolidator Grant call 2021 is now published on the funding and tenders portal. Relevant information such as proposal templates is available from the ERC website. This call closes on 20 April 2021, 17.00h.
Updated EPSO Briefing on ERC 2021 calls is available here.
Source: ERC newsletter, 12.03.2021
The Call: “Circularity in mixed crops and livestock farming systems with emphasis on climate change mitigation and adaptation” is about research on (re-) integration of crop and livestock farming systems with the aim to enhance circularity between these systems and thereby improve the sustainability of farms.
The 2021 Joint Call follows a one-stage submission procedure with a deadline for the submission of full proposals on 26th of May, 2021, 3PM (CEST).
The four ERA-NETs SusAn (Sustainable Animal Production Systems), FACCE ERA-GAS (Monitoring and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture and Silviculture), ICT-AGRI-FOOD and SusCrop (Sustainable Crop Production) have coordinated and aligned efforts in areas of mutual interest and established a joint transnational funding initiative in the field of agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) research, focusing on circularity in mixed crops and livestock farming systems with emphasis on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The 2021 Joint Call consists of 30 public Funding Parties from 16 European countries, 3 EU-associated countries and 4 from other countries, including both funders from non-European countries and international networks:
List all 23 countries here: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, The Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, UK, New Zealand, Argentina, Uruguay and countries that can apply to the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases.
A total amount of approximately 16M€ has been provisionally reserved by the participating Funding Parties of the 2021 Joint Call. The funds will be provided directly by the respective national/regional Funding Parties to successful national/regional applicants.
Read the Call Announcement
Access the submission system.
Source and contacts: SusCrop ERA-NET, 09.03.2021
This interactive event aims to exchange about farmers’ needs and upcoming practical solutions to soil health problems and to discuss what needs to be done for farmers to take them up. The target audience includes farmers, land managers and researchers.
In addition, the event can serve to expand your networks and to discuss future collaborations.
Express your interest until 14.02.2021 via the call for participants to join the online seminar ‘Healthy soils for Europe: sustainable management through knowledge and practice’ on 13-14 April 2021. It is organised under the soil mission “Caring for Soil is Caring for Life” launched by the European Commission in September 2020.
Please find the programme outline on the event webpage.
Specific objectives of the seminar:
- Raise awareness of the importance of soil health and introduce various EU initiatives undertaken to preserve it, such as EJP soil and the proposed EU mission “Caring for Soil is Caring for Life”.
- Promote and build upon the results and outcomes of past EIP-AGRI networking activities such as Focus Groups on soil-related issues and relevant workshops.
- Share experiences and good practices to maintain soil health, identified by relevant projects, research activities and farmers.
- Identify synergies between different types of projects working on soil health and encourage further cooperation among participants through networking.
- Discuss challenges and solutions for soil health, and identify what is needed to make these solutions operational for farmers, foresters and other land managers, and make them widely used/adopted.
Contact the organising team: [email protected] or Andres Garcia Lamparte, Task Manager EIP-AGRI Seminar, [email protected]
Want to know more on EIP-AGRI Network? www.eip-agri.eu
Source: EIP-AGRI
The Plant Biology Europe conference 2021 is turning 100% virtual.
From June 28th, 2021 to July 1st 2021 the full virtual congress with keynote speakers, oral communications, posters and sponsors will be available on-line for all the registered participants.
IMPORTANT DATE:
- 30 MARCH 2021: End of the early bird registration
- 30 APRIL 2021: Deadline for submitting poster abstracts for PBE 2021
Registration fee includes:
- Program
- Admission to the scientific sessions
- Certificate of attendance
- Registration of Students and PhDs must be accompanied by a written proof of status, otherwise reduced fee will not be validated.
New reduced registration fees are:
| EARLY by March 30th, 2021 | LATE after March 30th, 2021 | |
| Full Member | € 290,00 VAT inlcuded | € 350,00 VAT inlcuded |
| Student | € 190,00 VAT inlcuded | € 250,00 VAT inlcuded |
| Non Member | € 390,00 VAT inlcuded | € 450,00 VAT inlcuded |
More information: https://europlantbiology2020.org/
Source: PBE 2021